Tango VOIP has no current plans for Windows Phone 8 or Windows 8

Tango, the popular VoIP and messaging app has quite a cult following in the Windows Phone community. There are a handful of you out there that prefer the app over Skype. And that’s ok, we’re about choice for the consumers. However, Tango has been absent from the Windows Phone 8 Store for quite some time and it doesn’t look like that’s about to change.

In an interview with TruTower, the Tango team spoke about their past, present, and future. Part of that future had to do with whether or not they have plans to support Windows Phone 8 or Windows 8. Here’s what they had to say:

“We’re currently watching the Windows Phone 8 / Windows 8 space very closely to see how it takes off before we commit to supporting it.”

Sorry to rain on your parade, but we might just need to wait a bit longer for Tango on our Windows Phone 8 devices. This is one of those rare moments where an app is available for Windows Phone 7.x and new users are left out.

While looking into future messaging apps on the platform, TruTower also got the dirt on whether or not we could see IMO Messenger pop up in the Windows Phone Store. IMO Messenger is another messaging service that has a following with iOS and Android users. They too are actively observing the Windows Phone 8 space, but don’t have any current plans to develop for it.

well nokia sold 2 million lumias(920t, 820 and 620, not counting the 610 and 510) in china in the last 3 months and the 720 and 620 are about to be launched. so i guess they should start coding for a wp8 app. and seriously even if they ignore the phone app, why ignore the windows 8 one? it's windows ffs,it's everywhere

These guys were pretty pumped when they released their app for Windows Phone 7.5. The only reason for no support for WP8 that I can think of is that the response they got in terms of usage was less than what they wanted.

I don't understand why everyone hates Skype on Windows Phone 8? I upgraded to a Lumia 920 and I've been using Skype on it. It works great. You can receive and maintain a call while you're doing other things on the phone. Much better than Skype on Windows Phone 7.

Really?! On tango! Its a stupid app that lags and crashes on the other platforms! Yes Skype needs alot of work to be great but once u initiate a call it a video call it worked fine and never crashes ! Please use Skype before u talk crap about it! The reaosn why tango has no plans for windows 8 is becuae Skype is available and I'm sure in the next updates it will be much better and no one will use it

I personally agree with Bilal_Fakih. If this, or any other software developer does not want to support a particuliar platform then I'm sure someone else will. I'm not familiar with this application personally but from what I'm hearing in these comments the application does not work too well on any platform there writing for.
So, lets just get right to the meat of it. Any devs out there that do half-assed work please stay over on the Android / IOS / BB platforms. We'll gladly hold out for the real professionals.

I use Tango quite often but am forced to my Nexus7 for use which I don't always have and Skype for me personally isn't up to par. That's the problem for me. So many apps missing has me keeping Android near. But I been through before when nobody cared about Android and wrote it off as a waste of time. I love to be a part of something before its considered socially acceptable. But Windows do need both consumers and developers for it to succeed and as long as major apps are missing hinders the growth of WP to an extent.

i dont understand these companies. if everyone just sits and watches it will only be natural for windows to move slowly. dont the companies get it? like pnhd said its windows. it will have the market share why not just develope it and get it done already? people want wp8 but since it lacks many certain apps and news about wait and see makes people hesitant to jump on not because its microsoft. stupid companies. AAAAARRRRGGGGGGG

Not only that, they also change dates! I have follow-up emails (for the first request) from 1 year back from the same thread. Now its showing that first post was made in September 2013!!

Here is a catch, Spotify is acquiring Tango and Google is allegedly acquiring Spotify. Which simply means, no tango for Microsoft OS after Mango.

Must be the deceiving Scroogle paying these companies.

Conspiracy theory?

Not really: Remember back in Sept/Oct 2012 Microsoft recompiled all the WP7 applications for WP8 in cloud? For advanced migration, there are whitepapers and tutorial available. Tango was available for 7.5. And when Microsoft converted it, I saw it on HTC store for first two weeks, before they revoked it. For what reason exactly? I don't believe that a .NET developer don't have few hours to spare for (yes a very very) SIMPLE migration in the whole YEAR, we are talking about few hours for a published app to support a whole ecosystem!! Unless its intentional..

I used Tango, Viber and Skype on the Lumia800. Skype had the best audio quality while the Nokia released Viber had the best UI and supported hands free over Bluetooth. Tango was left with 3rd place having poor audio and no integration. So personally i don't miss Tango on my L920.

We need the main stream apps to make Windows 8 phone enticing for new customers but we cannot expect to get every single mainstream app ever made. In reality we should be happy with a few for now hopefully more will jump on board later.

what the hiell, they have been telling us from november that its on the way hang on, and now we get to know that they havent even started developing yet??? f u tango.. i hope viber releases soon as they have told on they twitter that viber calls coming very soon for wp8

wechat is like shit, u need to first invite an friend and then u can call and it takes one minute to get ur call on other device so m´buggy.., in skype u cant call on other devisec when they are not online (android or ios) and my most of friends have those phones so useless right now..

Plz viber come on, i have been tweeting on viber twitter everyday one massege to bring it sooner

I don't believe it will come. They said on their FB they were not "wasting" their limited resources on WP7 (that's why the WP has so little compared with iOS or Android) let alone on WP8. I don't see that changing at least until WP gets a firm a considerable hold of the 3rd place in the mobile OS world.

The companies don't underatand that in order for people to jump on a new platform, first the developers need to make the apps, and as the OS gets traction, THEN they decide wether it's worth improving the app & services or leave it for good.You can't expect people to just buy devices & only after to create content for them.
I don't understand this hate surrounding WP8! When iOS & Android were young, all the developers jumped to create apps for them, but now that other OS have arrived, they need to analize whether it's worth it.....THIS IS JUST STUPID! People need to have choises, not developers make the choise for them.

Skype works great for me, and like every other app/service on windows , its only gonna get better, funny though how people are downing those saying "who needs tango" but they themselves are downing Skype when ms is trying to get it integrated into the people hub. Why not support the platform fully instead of just saying how sh*t everything is when in reality, its not as bad as you make it out to be? Choice is good, and the same ones whining about tango will ditch it in 5 seconds once we have true Skype integration, and I bet the dev team knows this...hence why we have a wait and see..

I think I would have to say... Who cares. Tango is not instagram... I am not reading daily headlines about "OMG no Tango on WP"
I did not even know they were still around. Tried their app on android a few years ago but was not overly impressed.

I liked tango because there was no offline/online status. It was like a phone, you answer the call or you don't. With Skype, if your status is set as available, then people expect that you can talk to them. If someone sees you're online then they think you're ignoring their call and might message you about it. "you there?" I just ignored your call so no, I'm not there. It is a hassle to manage my away state every time something comes up and it's just easier to have something always online, but you don't have an obligation to answer...
I guess since Skype is always logged in on PC and phone now I can achieve the same effect by just being invisible 24/7...

I think Apple and Google(Android) is paying these companies 2 not support windows phone Like for example Google Pay $1 Billion to Apple for being Default Search Engine in Apple iOS every year, I don't know but may this what happens in the backstage......sorry for my bad english